(3) in subsection (b), by striking "an accreditation standards that
requires" and inserting an accreditation standard that
requires;

(4) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as
follows:

(1) The term `financial assistance', with respect to a
government program, means governmental payments to cover the cost of health
care services or benefits, or other Federal payments, grants, or loans to
promote or otherwise facilitate health-related activities.

(2) The term `health care entity' includes an individual
physician or other health professional, a postgraduate physician training
program, a participant in a program of training in the health professions, a
hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance
organization, an accountable care organization, a health insurance plan, or
any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.

(5) in subsection (c), by adding a new paragraph (4) as follows:

(4) The term `State or local government that receives
Federal financial assistance' includes any agency or other governmental unit
of a State or local government that receives Federal financial assistance.

(6) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and

(7) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

(c) Remedies-

(1) IN GENERAL- The courts of the United States shall
have jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened violations of
this section by issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, including--

(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that violates this
section; and

(B) orders preventing the disbursement of all or a
portion of Federal financial assistance to a State or local government, or
to a specific offending agency or program of a State or local government,
until such time as the conduct prohibited by this section has ceased.

(2) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION- An action under this section
may be instituted by--

(A) any health care entity that has standing to complain
of an actual or threatened violation of this section; or

(B) the Attorney General of the United States.

(d) Administration- The Secretary shall designate the
Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and
Human Services--

`(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of this
section; and

`(2) to pursue the investigation of such complaints, in
coordination with the Attorney General.